More capacities to the Canary Islands 
Since they launched the project in November 2018, the shipping companies Baleària and Fred. Olsen Express have jointly transported a total of 1 million linear meters of merchandise between the Canary Islands and the port of Huelva. Last November, on the fourth anniversary of... more
More capacity for Medkon Lines
The Pendik-Istanbul based Turkish shipping company Medkon Lines has acquired its largest vessel to date, from Sea Consortium. The company invested approximately USD 4 million for the boxship “X-Press Brahmaputra”, which has a container capacity of more than 1,160 teu. The... more
Rina and ABB – new concepts for green power
The Genoa-based international classification society Rina has inked a memorandum of understanding with ABB. The aim of the project is to develop new concepts to reduce the emissions of various types of vessels. The collaboration will comprise the development of commercially... more
Gothenburg a live wire
Having been in service around the clock as an inspection vessel at the Swedish Port of Gothenburg since 1979, it’s now time for “M/S Hamnen” to be converted to run on electrical power. It is only the engine that must be changed, the vessel remains the same. David Falk,... more
The first out of ten sisters
A naming ceremony for the “ZIM Sammy Ofer” recently took place at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in South Korea. The 15,000 teu vessel is the first out of ten newbuilds ordered in a long-term chartering agreement between ZIM and Seaspan Corporation. The ship is named... more
A joint effort to design a long-haul reefer
The Rotterdam-based Unit 45, a company specialising in the design, construction, financing and delivery of 45ft pallet-wide containers, has developed a new diesel-electric reefer in collaboration with the Belgian company H.Essers. The new reefer was designed with a 900 litre... more
Ammonia gains ground
In Japan, based on an approval in principle (AiP) from the Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Class NK), Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and Mitsui & Co. have come together to build a large ammonia-powered bulk carrier. MOL and Mitsui jointly determined the size and specifications of the... more
India – the promised land? 
MSC, Cosco and OOCL improving connectivity to Indian ports. Does this already represent supply-chain optimisation at the expense of China – or is it but the consolidation of existing networks? MSC is expanding its Southeast Asia/trans-Pacific services to and from the ports of... more
IMO launches study on future fuels
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has launched a project to provide technical analysis concerning the feasibility of pathways for the decarbonisation of shipping. The study is called "Future Technology and Fuels for Low or Zero Carbon Shipping”. This project... more
Ethanol on the river
A logistics chain dedicated to biofuels is gaining momentum along the Seine axis. Only recently, a river barge operated by Sogestran and transporting ethanol was unloaded at the port of Gennevilliers. Sogepp (société de gestion de produits pétroliers is the main driver of the... more